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7 unusual facts about Simi Valley


Broadcast Television Systems Inc.

This was later moved to Simi Valley, California for a few years and then moved back to SLC.

Demographics of Los Angeles

Since World War II (1945 onward) most whites in these neighborhoods have relocated to other parts of the city (i.e. the San Fernando Valley and Westwood, Los Angeles), nearby suburbs including Orange County and Simi Valley in Ventura County, and other parts of Southern California.

Freeman Thomas

While at the Volkswagen Design Center in Simi Valley, California, he collaborated with fellow Art Center graduate J Mays on the design of the Volkswagen Concept 1 concept car, a modern re-interpretation of the original Volkswagen Beetle.

Krishna Venta

In the late 1940s, Venta founded the WKFL (Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love) Fountain of the World cult in Simi Valley, California.

New Hope Christian Fellowship

Since its inception, New Hope has grown to over 124 churches in the Pacific Rim and beyond, including Las Vegas, Seattle, Simi Valley, Japan, Myanmar and Australia.

Ronald Lee Martin

He married Lauren Pendergraft in 1977 and moved to Simi Valley in 1978.

Scott Wilk

He is a Republican representing the 38th district, encompassing Simi Valley, the northern section of the San Fernando Valley, and most of the Santa Clarita Valley.


Blackburn Cult

The religious group known as the Blackburn Cult, the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven, or the Great Eleven Club, was started in 1922 on Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles, California; and later formed a retreat in the Southern California Simi Valley.

Cincinnati Red

The IWF would go on to run shows within and throughout Ventura County, including Simi Valley, Oxnard, and Port Hueneme.

Matt Franco

Franco, who currently lives in Simi Valley, California, is the nephew of actor Kurt Russell (his mother, Jill Franco, being Russell's sister).


see also

Mt. Sinai Cemetery

Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, an old cemetery in Hollywood and its expansion to Simi Valley

Paul Edmondson

While traveling south on rain-soaked U.S. Route 101 near Santa Barbara, California on February 13, 1970, the day after his 27th birthday, his automobile skidded and crashed into oncoming northbound traffic, killing Edmondson and his passenger, Lauraine Leas, 22, of Simi Valley, CA.

Simi Valley Community Church

Simi Valley Community Church was previously pastored by authors John Ortberg and then High School pastor Francis Chan.

SSFL

Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a nuclear and aerospace research facility in Simi Valley, California